Today marks 10 years since the triple femicide of Nathalie Warmerdam, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Carol Culleton in Renfrew County in 2015. The memories of Nathalie, Anastasia, and Carol demand action: not just acknowledgment. www.kristynwongtam.ca/tenth-years-...

AIDS changed the world, but ACT changed Toronto. The AIDS Committee of Toronto’s closure is a wake-up call for governments to invest in stabilizing public health and HIV/AIDS prevention. I am so grateful to everyone at ACT who gave so much and made our communities healthier over the last 42 years.

If Ford doesn't step up to save our colleges, this recessionary trade war is going to hurt Ontarians even more than it already is. I joined the picket line in solidarity with @opseusefpo.bsky.social college sector workers who are on strike for the future of public post-secondary education!

I met with Neighbourhood Legal Services to discuss the challenges and trends they're seeing in Toronto Centre. Neighbourhood Legal Services is our community's legal clinic, supporting some of the most vulnerable residents who need access to justice, including many facing eviction.

Happy Labour Day! Today we celebrate all of Ontario’s workers and progress that unions have won. During a trade war, we need the government to work with unions to protect workers and our economy.

Today is Overdose Awareness Day. Hannah Robinson's powerful answer at this week's press conference with @robinlennoxmd.bsky.social & @alexagilmour.bsky.social calling for the government to make an emergency task force to save lives is still echoing in our heads. The overdose death crisis is complex.

Thank you Kelsey Wilson for sharing this fun accessible guide to Moss Park for everyone in Toronto!

This week's newsletter discusses Ford's threats to take over school boards indefinitely, Therme's financial instability, and upcoming events in our community! Check it out at www.kristynwongtam.ca/august_22_20...

We are incensed that the Secretary of Cabinet is using policy to force through what couldn’t be wrested from us during free and fair collective bargaining. We will continue to fight for flexibility for members who want it. Read more: amapceo.on.ca/news/remote-...

CUPE workers are fighting for all workers right now. Thank you to the @tcndp.ca team for making this tool for you to email your MP and tell them that the government needs to respect workers' right to strike! www.tcndp.ca/solidarity-w... #AirCanada

Thank you Alpha Education, the Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC), and Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCCGT) for your commemoration marking the 80th year since the Second World War ended.

Heart breaking news. My thoughts are with the family and community grieving after another young person is taken too soon because of gun violence. Our communities are tired of waiting for action from our governments to end gun violence. www.thestar.com/news/gta/fat...

Canada’s Gaza Special Measures Visa Program is a lie. Gazan Canadians’ families are trapped. They face genocide, starvation & war. But Canada is asking them to meet impossible standards like travelling to Egypt for biometric tests.

Thank you Dr. Karen Somerville with Canadians for Properly Built Homes for meeting to discuss the challenges that Ontarians are facing accessing justice at the License Appeals Tribunal when trying to hold problematic home-builders to account.

Doug Ford personally intervened in the Highway 413 route selection process on behalf of developer Nick Cortellucci globalnews.ca/news/1133023... #onpoli

Many Asian communities across Toronto have unique challenges accessing mental health. Having cultural safety and being able to speak your first language is crucial to delivering effective mental health care. I want to share the re-aim.ca campaign. UHN should reverse this cut.

More evidence that Ford is actively working to undermine First Nations’ rights emerges. He has no excuse. Ford must repeal bill 5.

Ford's attack on bike lanes loses in court, rally to stop Bill 33, and more in this week's community newsletter! www.kristynwongtam.ca/august_1_202...

Today, on Emancipation Day, we mark 191 years since slavery was formally made illegal. Ontario has significant work ahead to dismantle the systemic barriers that Black Ontarians face in housing, education, health care, and employment. Happy Emancipation Day! Onwards in the work of winning freedom!

What a wonderful night under the stars at the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show! It was an honour to join the TOPS team to celebrate their well-deserved Trillium grant. Thank you for your work running a festival that makes access to arts and culture free and accessible for everyone.

Proud to stand with students, educators, parents, and community leaders at Queen’s Park to support the campaign against Bill 33. Bill 33 will not make Ontario's schools safer. Toronto ended policing in schools because the SRO program unfairly targetted Black, Indigenous, & racialized students.

Sharing Ontario Acorn's new report on the climate injustice of many Above-Guideline rent Increases (AGIs). This is what happens when tenants aren't protected with full rent control including vacancy rent control. acorncanada.org/news/ontario... #ONpoli

On the last day of school, the Minister of Education placed four more school boards under supervision — including the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The Trustees you elected to represent our schools and community concerns have now been restricted. RSVP at kristyn.ca/education-townhall #ONpoli

It's too hot outside! But prescribers will be available tomorrow (Friday July 25) at 325 Bleeker St in the common area from 1pm to 4pm. They can prescribe air conditioners for community members on social assistance who need a break from the heat. Low-income seniors might also qualify! #TorCen

Today I was in Whitby for public deputations on Bill 9. This Bill intends to fix real challenges with municipal accountability, but this Bill has significant room for improvement. I hope that governments takes the feedback we heard today to heart. #ONpoli

Back at The Big Park for another beautiful evening at Taste of Regent Park—a weekly event held every summer that our community looks forward. It happens every Wednesday until September. Thank you to Fred Victor for all their hard work in putting together and to the volunteers, and sponsors! #TorCen

This year is the 42nd anniversary of the Black July pogroms in Sri Lanka, a week of state-sponsored anti-Tamil massacres killing over 3000 and displacing up to 150,000 Tamils from the island.

Thank you Dr. Barrie for meeting with my good friend Justin and I today to discuss the need for better public funding so that every Ontarian who needs it can access PrEP, PEP, and HIV treatment. #ONpoli

Honoured to join the @canadianlabour.bsky.social panel on supporting women and gender diverse people in leadership today. Labour is behind real wins in the workplace for women & gender diverse people across Ontario and Canada. We must keep fighting for pay equity and fair treatment for all workers!

Honoured to join the Ethiopian Association of Canada to celebrate introducing the Ethiopian Heritage Month Act in Ontario! Proud to co-sponsor Doly Begum's bill and excited to continue passing this Bill when Queen’s Park resumes!

The crisis at Ontario's Tribunals is ongoing. I wrote to the Ontario Ombudsman about serious new concerns that have come to my attention thanks to Tribunal Watch Ontario's work. Read my letters at www.kristynwongtam.ca/ombudsman-tr...

Toronto's homeless population has doubled, my upcoming virtual townhall about the TDSB takeover, and more in this week's community newsletter! Check it out at www.kristynwongtam.ca/july_11_2025... #TorCen #ONpoli

What a powerful, joyful, and hopeful time today at Toronto's Pride Parade! Every year, marching alongside 2SLGBTQI+ community members reminds us of the work ahead. #TorCen #PrideToronto #Pride2025

A day without Trans kids is like a day without sunshine! Thank you to the fabulous team behind making this banner! Toronto's Trans March is not just a celebration—it is a demand for justice. It's one of the largest & most powerful gatherings of Trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people on earth.

What an amazing evening at the Green Space Festival supporting @the519to.bsky.social last evening! The annual Green Space festival funds the 519's Queer, Trans, and Refugee programming all year round! The festival will be going all weekend and lets community members party for a cause. #TorCen

Thank you St. Lawrence Market and Pride Toronto for organizing another fabulous Market Street Pride today! I’m very proud to have initiated the pedestrianized of Market Street years ago at City Hall with the Old Town BIA and the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Association. #TorCen

June 21st marks National Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to honour diverse Indigenous cultures and traditions, reflect on our history so that we may move towards reconciliation, and share in celebrations of Indigenous resiliency.

You're invited to the Toronto Centre NDP Pride Social this Sunday June 22 from 3 – 5 PM at Paddington's Pump! This week's newsletter covers how Carney might be copying Ford, my advocacy for fair pride festival funding, and upcoming local events! RSVP for our social at www.tcndp.ca/pride2025soc...

Toronto’s housing, mental health, and shelter systems are in crisis. I am grateful for the work done by the Toronto Drop-In Network. You are improving lives and advocating while the system around you collapses. www.kristynwongtam.ca/end-homeless...

Pride festivals generate massive revenue for small businesses, workers, and cities across Ontario. But Ford is leaving them out to dry as corporate sponsors pull funding to appease Trump and security costs sky-rocket. www.cp24.com/news/2025/06...

Had a blast at the Regent Park Safety Jam! This annual event lead by Toronto Community Housing activates the Big Park, and helps connect community members to service providers and local merchants. Thank you to all of the sponsors for bringing us together!

Check out my latest newsletter! I cover everything from breaking news about Greenbelt code names being called out in a new report to the Ombudsman's new investigation into Ford's Maplehurst response. Read more at www.kristynwongtam.ca/june_13_2025... #ONpoli

Congratulations to the City of Toronto Council for taking leadership by recently passing a motion to address Bay Street's carbon footprint. Thank you @environmentaldefence.ca for your advocacy! environmentaldefence.ca/2025/03/28/s...

Great to meet @moreneighboursto.bsky.social today. Ontario must step up to hit our housing targets & build livable communities. Yet the Housing Affordability Task Force's recommendations are gathering dust. I look forward to advocating for smart growth & deeply affordable housing together! #OnPoli

Solidarity with the Madleen. Solidarity with Gaza. Solidarity with LA.

Rickford is the Minister responsible for upholding the rights of First Nations. But he helped push it through Bill 5 without proper consultation, without consent, and without respect. Greg Rickford has broken trust. He cannot remain in this role. Add your name: www.kristynwongtam.ca/rickford-mus...

WSIB workers with OCEU/CUPE 1750 help all injured workers in Ontario. I joined them in solidarity as they rallied today at Queen's Park. Join me in demanding that the WSIB Board of Directors agree to fair pay and minimum staffing levels at cupe.ca/wsib. #onpoli

Ford forced Bill 5 through the Legislature today. SHAME! We've made him reverse course before: join our fight to make him reverse course again. Add your name at kristynwongtam.ca/repeal-bill-5 #onpoli

proud to recognize #TorCen community leaders, and recipients of the King Charles III Award: Connie Langille, Sureya Ibrahim, Erin Filby. I was thrilled to give the first Toronto Centre Leadership Awards to Curran Stikuts, Emad Hussain, The Bridge community newspaper, SLNA Waste Reduction Group.

This May, we are celebrating the contributions, diversity, and cultural brilliance of Asian communities across Ontario. I was proud to co-host the @OntarioNDP Caucus' Asian Heritage Month Reception at Queen’s Park this week. #ONpoli #AsianHeritageMonth